Sanitary retort.



No. 654,606. Patented luly s|,v|9oo.

B. coBunN. Y

SANITARY RETORT.

' (Applicatim med Feb. 2o, 1900.) l (No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet s.,

No. 654,606. Patented my 31, |900.

B. CUBURN.

SANITARY RETURT.

(Application Bled Feb. .ZO, 1900.)

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SANITARY RETORT.

srEcIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters raten@ No. 654,606, dated July 31, leoo. .Application led February 1900. `Serial No. 51934. (No model.)

To LLZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON COBURN, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Le Roy, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Sanitary Retort, of which the following is a specification. Y j l My invention relates to a sanitary retort for dwellings, school-houses, and other buildings; and the objects in view are, rst, to provide means for desiccating the solid matter to a dry ash-like condition; second, to

drain the liquid matter and retain the sediment in a layer of filtering material for evaporation, and, third, to ventilate the offal-hopper by way of the chimney which establishes the draft for the furnace.

NVith these ends in view the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, YIiigure 1 is a perspective view of a sanitary retort embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation on the plane indicated by the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical translverse sectional elevation on the plane indicated by the dotted line 3 3 of Fig.v 2. Fig. 4E is a detail fragmentary View illustrating anl imperforate metallic cover adapted to be emi ployed on one of the stool-flanges when the furnace is employed for desiccating the contents of the hopper. i

The same numerals of reference are used to indicate like and corresponding parts in each of the several figures `of the drawings.

My improved sanitary appliance includes a vault 5, the walls of which may be of brick or masonry constructed as illustrated by the drawings, or this vault may be built of metal or any other suitable material. The top plate 6 of the vault is, essentially, of metal or other material which will resist the actionof the heat generated by the furnace. In the ernbodiment of the invention represented by the drawin gs the sanitary retort is equipped with a series of oifal-hoppers 7 8,V also of metal; but it is to be understood that the number of hoppers is not material, because they may be increased or decreased within the capacity of the dwelling or building. The hoppers are arranged side by side within the vault, each hopper having a curved bottom 9. 'Drainage-spouts 10 are connected to or made integral with the hoppers for communication .with the lower under sides thereof, and each drainage-spoutis inclined from the hopper to and through the rear wall of the vault, Whereby the protruding rear end lof each spout is made to serve the purpose of a lter 'and evaporator for the liquid contentsofthe hopper, as will presently appe`ar.` The vault 5i's constructed withV longitudinal air-chambers 1l, which are situated at the front and rear ofthe vault and on opposite sides ofthe fur.V

nace-chamber which contains the hoppers. The front air-chamber 11 is closed at its upper side by a plate 12, which provides a convenient foot-rest. i.

The vault is constructed with an inclosed furnace-chamber 13 at one or both ends there of 5 but in a retort of large capacity I prefer to employ f urnace-chambers at opposite ends of the vault, as shown'by Fig. 2. A chimney let has communication with the vault-charnber at the middle thereof and at the rear side ofthe plate 6, said chimney being common to both of the furnaces, so that the heat and products of combustion will circulate beneath the hoppers and around the drainage-spouts as they pass from the furnace-chambers to the chimney. The bridge-Walls 15 are parallel with the furnace-fronts in order to support the grates 16,- and Vfuel maybe placed on these grates by introducing the same through the fuel-doors 17, said` doors having the draftregulating dampers, as shown by Fig. 1.

' The metallictopplate 6 of the vault is provided above each hopper with a stool-ange 18,'Which maybe integral with said plate or it may be fastened in any secure manner thereto. The stool-flange 'may extend upwardly from the plate for any desired distance; but, as shown by the drawings, it occupies a compact relation thereto. Said flange 1S is tapered or inclined to enable ase'at 19 to be fitted snugly thereto. This seat is provided with a depending beveled ange 20,

that is arranged to circumscribe the Bange 18 and to Iit closely thereto for the purpose of securely holding the seat 19 in place by a wedging engagement with said iiange 18. It is thus apparent that the seat is held rmly in place by a wedging engagement with the ICO 's g es/ree liange, which permits the seat to be readily removed for replacement by a metallic. imperforate cover 3l of the character represented by Fig. 4 previous to desiccatingthe contents of the hoppers. Each seat is or may be provided with a hinged cover 21, and the space between the seats of the series is divided by one or more partitions 22.

The hoppers are ventilated by the employment of Ventilating-lines 23, which are shown by Fig. 2 as arranged in diverging positions from the chimney to the hoppers. Each Ventilating-flue has its upper end connected in any suitable Way with the chimney; but I prefer to couple the lower end of each iiue with the drainage-spout of one hopper, so as to establish communication between the parts by an aperture or opening 24E, the latter beingformed in theupperside of the drain-spout.

It will be noted that the drain-spout of each hopper is extended through the rear wall of the vault, and said drainage-spout is inclined downwardly from the .hopper to facilitate the drainage of the liquid contents therefrom. Within each drainage-spout is arranged a partition 25, the same being held or confined in place by any suitable means. Said partition is provided with slots or openings 26, which permit the liquid matter to freely pass through the partition while retaining the solid matter within the hopper or the drainagespout. The upper side of this spout has a hinged top 27 and Within the spout is arranged an inclined sun glass or pane 28. The sunglass is so disposed that the suns rays may pass through it to heat the filtering material without permitting escape of the gases, as shown. This glass or pane is arranged within the open rear end of the spout and insuch relation to the apertured partition as to form therebetween a filteringchamber 2E), said chamber adapted to be filled or charged with a stratum or layer of filter-ing material 30, such as sand, coal-ashes, or other absorbent material. The liquid matter from the retort is free to pass through the apertures or slots in the partition and to be filtered by the filtering stratum or layer within the spout. The sunglass is lexposed at the rear end of the spout to the action of the suns rays, and the saturated filtering stratum within this spout is subjected to the action of heat, so as to permit the liquid tobe partly evaporated. The sanitary yretort should of course be arranged for the open ends of the drainage-spouts to be exposed to the action of the sun. In cold weather it may become desirableto occasionally rstart a fire in the furnace to prevent the liquid contents of the retort from freezing.

To assist in the evaporation of` the liquid,

an air-supply pipe 50 is connected with the hoppers and supplies air thereto, the upper endof the pipe having a funnel shape and provided with a vane to maintain the funnel in a position to-catch the breeze. l

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is p 1. A sanitary retort'comprisingavaulthaving a furnace and a chimney leading therefrom, a hopper situated Within the Vault for exposure to the heat and products of combustion of the furnace, a ventilatingdue connecting said hopper with the chimney, aspout leading from the hopper and having a strainer adjacent to its outlet, an absorptive filter in the spout beyond the strainer, and a sun-glass disposed to concentrate the suns rays upon the filtering material, substantially as described.

2. A sanitary retort comprising a vault, a hopper in the vault and having a drainagespout inclined from the hopper and extended through the vault to expose one end thereof,

a-Iiltering stratum within the exposed portion of the spout, a sun-glass'disposed to concentrate the suns rays upon the filtering stratum, and la vent-flueleading from the spout .adjacent the filtering stratum to convey the fumes-therefrom.

3. A. sanitary retort comprising a vault, a hopper therein, a 'drainage-spout inclined from the hopper and extended through the vault, a partit-ion fitted Within the open end of said spout, and a pane or sun-glass also fitted within the'spout and arranged relative to the partition to form therebetween an intermediate filtering-chamber, substantially as described.

4. Asanitary retort comprising a vault having its top provided witha stool-flange, a furnace within said vault, a closed hopper within the vault contiguous to the furnace, alianged seat -fitted removably to the stool-flange, a chimney leading from the vault and communicating through the latter with the furnacechamber, a spout for the hopper inclined therefrom, a sunglass disposed to concentrate the suns rays to the end of the spout, and 4a Ventilating iiue connected with the spout adjacent the outer end thereof and with the chimney, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto axed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BYRONv COBURN.

l/Vitnesses: Y

FRED. S. COBURN, C. STROBET.

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